Pocket cigarette-making device



June 25, 1929. M. ALLAN]; 1,718,678

POCKET CIGARETTE MAKING DEVICE Filed NOV. 30, 1926 Patented June 25,192.9.

Ulll'lh'fi STATES MAURICE ALLANID, OF ATLANTIC CITY, NEW JERSEY.

POCKET Application filed November 30, 1926.

The object of the invention is to provide improvements in devices tormaking cigarettes, and particularly those devices which are of such sizeand so designed as to be carried in ones pocket for the purpose ofmaking cigarettes freshly as they are needed, from any brand of tobaccothat one may prefer.

Another and more specific object is to proride in such a device, thecombination of a barrel with means to eject tobacco or in fact any othersuitable smoking, material there from, with a container for the supplyof loose material hingedly attached to said barrel, and normally closingthe opening thru which such material enters the barrel from the reservesupply in the container.

A further object is to provide a holder for reserve cigarette paperssecured to the outer surface of one wall of the said container, so thatthe so-called papers will at all times be readily accessible for use informing the tubes for con'ipleting the cigarettes, either before orafter the core of smoking material is formed.

Still another object is to provide in combination with the core-formingbarrel, a bar or rod secured to said barrel but in spaced, preterablyparallel relation therewith, it being; the purpose to encircle said baror rod with a .lresh blank paper the edges of which are then securedtogether to form of the paper a cylindrical tube or casing, which whenpositioned in alignment with the discharge opening in one end of thebarrel is adapted to receive the core of Sll'lrlkllig' material therein.

And a still further object is to provide a barrel, having a plungerspirally rotatable therein and a discharge orifice in the opposite endthereof, incombination with a cylindrical liner member having anopening; extending; longitudinally along one side thereof, one lateraledge oi said opening: being disposed slightly diagonally and sharpened,so as to sever the material to term a cigarette core within the barrelfrom the remaining material outside oi' said barrel, when the linermember is oscillated with respect to the barrel, one end of which latteradapted to receive an end portion of the originally empty tube as thecore material. is forced thercinto from within said barrel by therotation oi? the plunger.

Vi i'th these and other objects in mind, the present invention comprisesfurther details oi donstruction, which are fully brought out in thejollowing description, when read in conjunction with the accompanyingdrawings in CIGARETTE-MAKING DEVICE.

Serial No. 151,762.

which Fig. 1 is a side elevation of one embodiment of the invention;Fig. 2 is a vertical transverse section of the same on the line 2-2 ofFig. 1; Fig. 8 is a right end elevation of the device as viewed in Fig.1, showing the paper holder in section; Fig. 4 is a rear elevation ofthe same; Fig. 5 is a vertical tragmentary section taken on the line 5of Fig. 1; Fig. 6 is a vertical fragmentary section taken on the line 66of Fig. 2; Fig. 7 is a section taken on the line 7? oi Fin. 6; Fig. 8 isa bottom plan view; and Fig. 9 is a fragmentary plan view of the lower,or cigarette forming, portion of the device with the interior of thefeed hopper exposed.

Referring to the drawings, a cylindrical barrel member 1, open at itsopposite ends 2 and 3, is provided with a longitudinally extendingaperture 4L in its side wall, which aperture however preferablyterminates short of the ends of said member. Secured in any suitablemanner to the outer side of" said member is a substantiallysemi-cylindrical hopper 6, limited by end walls 7, and provided with anormally lower aperture 8 in alignment with and opening; into theinterior of said member thru the aperture 4: in the latter.

lVithin said member and rotatably positioned with respect thereto arelatively slender gauged cylindrical lining; member 9, also providedwith a longitudinally extending aperture 10 in one side wall, saidlast-named aperture being; limited laterally in one direction by asharpened, diagonallyextending edge 11. which when the liner is rotatedwith respect to the surrounding barrel, serves to shear off any surplustobacco, or the like, which may protrude from the hopper into theinterior of said liner, after the latter has been filled to the desireddegree. to form the proper core for a cigarette, the bore of saidlining; member preferably tapering: very slightly inwardly. that is tosay. its dianu-itcr increases towards the discharge end by approximately.015 inch. For rotation. said liner is provided at one end with anenlarged, knurled head 12, while the opposite end 13 extends freelybeyond the corresponding end portion of said barrel, and is adapted toreceive and support one end portion of an empty cigarette paper tube14:, as shown in Fig. 6.

In order to define the limits of oscillatory movement of theliner andbarrel with respect to each other, the head of the former is providedwith a radially projecting pin 15, which extends slidably into asegmental slot .or aperture 16, in a relatively shortsleeve 17,

duced end portion 20 of a bar 21, which for the purpose of making aslight in weight as possible may be hollowed, in which case the oppositeend 22 is closed by any suitably arranged wall or closure 23.

The said bar 21 rigidly supported at one end, lies in parallel spacedrelation with respect to the normal under side of the barrel 1, so thatthe opposite end 22 is entirely free, while the outer surface of saidbar is lined, scored, or knurled in order to assist one in forming thenecessary hollow cigarette tube, the operators thumbs and first fingersduring this operation pressing the paper, pre viously slipped betweenthe barrel and bar with its gummed edges 25 extending freely as shown inFig. 8, into the irregularities of the knurled or similar surface, andthus preventing said paper from slipping until after its gummed edge isduly moistened and stuck in such manner as to complete the tube, afterwhich the latter can be readily slipped from said bar. This tube can bemore readily removed from said bar if the latter tapers slightly towardits free end, after which one end of the tube can be slipped over thefreely extending end portion 13 of said liner, since the diameter of atleast the fixed end of said bar is slightly greater than that of saidfree end portion.

It should here be noted that the knurled head 12 of the oscillatableliner member is provided with a bore 26, ofless diameter than theinterior of the liner proper, and is provided with screw threads whichreceive and engage the threads of a rotatable plunger 27. This plungeris provided upon its free end with a knurled head 28 :by which it'isrotated, said head comprising an inwardly extending cylindrical flange29, which overhangs and protects the head 12 of the barrel liner, whilethe opposite end of said plunger, adapted to oscillate spirally in andthrough'said liner, is provided with a rotatably mounted, concave head30, which is adapted to directly engage tobacco within said barrel andliner to propel the former thru the latter without turning upon itsaxis, regardless of the rotary motion of said plunger upon which saidhead is mounted.

Hingedly mounted upon one upper edge portion'of the hopper 6 is atobacco magazine comprising end walls 31, connected bysidc and top walls32 and 33, which in cross sectiongcomprise a normally inverted U, the

that portion of said hopper opposite to said hinge mounting.

Thus, said magazine, when desired, can be filled with a supply of onesfavoritc tobacco, or other smoking material, and together with saidhopper form a closure for the apcrl ure 4 0f the barrel 1. \Vhen it isdesired to form a cigarette, the plunger is withdrawn to its extendedposition by rotating it. with respect to said liner; the. liner isrotated with respect to the barrel, so as to align their correspondingapertures; the latch of the magazine is released and the latter istilted backward; the desired quantity of tobacco is taken from themagazine and is pressed into the barrcl and liner, and the latterrcrcrscly rotalcd with respect to the former, to shcar oll' anyprotruding tobacco, and leave a complete core within said liner, whilethe shcarcd particles remain in the hopper and can be returned to saidmagazine; the plunger is then rcwerscly rotated by manual actuation olits head and the tobacco core is forced longiliulinally outwardly intothe hollow paper lube carried by the freely extending end of the lincr,as hcreinbefore described, the xpulsion of the said core from within thelining member being facilitated by the gradual enlargement of the boreof said mclnber towards its free end and as the core reaches theoutermost end of said tube, simply impeding the further progress of saidcore, by placing oncs finger over the tubes end, causes the core toswell slightly, due to the continued pressure from within said barrel,and to frictionally engage said tube, with the result that the latter iscarried along by said core until entirely free from said liner, whichhas hitherto supported it. After reasonable practice, just enoughtobacco will be placed within the barrel, at the proper degree ofmoisture, to enable one to form with remarkable dexterity, complctcdcigarettes of his favorite tobacco. which in appearance, texture.density and smoking quality, equal and frequently surpass theconnnercially nmnufacturcd cigarettes offered for sale under leadingbrand names.

Vhile the device thus described is complete in itself for the ellicientmanu acture of cigarettes, it has been found expedient to provide thedevice with means for carrying the necessary papers from which the tubesare formed, Accordingly a hollow box-like mcmher 40 is secured to thatwall of the magazine opposite to the securing latch, said member havingan opening l1 in its outer side dclincd by inwardly directed flanges 42.and one end of said member being closed by a wall 43. while the oppositeend 44 is open to permit the insertion of any well-known type ofcontainer of cigarette papers. From this container within the box-likestructure the papers can be removed at will for forming into tubes uponthe bar 22. as already described, while the usual type of paper llliillo holder is prevented from accidentally slipping from the container,due to a slight convergence of the sides between which said holder islightly wedged.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to protectby Letters Patent of the United States is 2- 1. In a cigarette makingdevice, the combin ation of a tubular member having an opening in oneside, a lining member also having an opening in one side, and a pistonwithin and havin screw threads cooperating with said lining member, saidlast-named member being adapted to receive tobacco when said openingsare in alignment to form a cigarette core, and after the lining memberhas been rotated to close the opening in said tubular member, saidpiston being operative upon rotation to eject the tobacco core andprovided with a rotatably mounted head adapted to remain stationary withrespect to said core while said piston is rotated.

2. In a cigarette making device, the combination of a tubular memberhaving an opening in one side, and a relatively rotatable lining memberalso having an opening in one side bounded by a diagonally extendingcutting edge, said lining member being adapted to receive tobaccothrough said first member when said openings are in alignment to form acigarette core, and the tobacco within said lining member being severedfrom surplus tobacco outside thereof by the cooperation of said cuttingedge with the opposed edge of the opening in said first member, as said.members are relatively rotated, a piston having screw threads engaginsaid lining memher to ect the tobacco core 'from within the .device uponbeing rotated, and a head rotatably carried by said piston to engagesaid core and prevent twisting of said core as said piston is rotated.

3. In a cigarette forming device, a tube having an opening in one side,a relatively rotatable lining member also having an opening in one side,a hopper secured to said tube in alignment with said first opening,tobacco within said lining member being severed from tobacco in saidhopper by the relative rotation of said tube and lining member to form acigarette core, a plunger within and in threaded engagement with saidlining member, and a head carried by said plunger and rotatable withrespect thereto, to prevent twisting of a tobacco core upon the rotationof said plunger.

In testimony whereof I have afiixed my signature.

MAURICE ALLAND.

